From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 9 2:36:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2319637B400 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 02:36:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from tim@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f09AaG403735; Tue, 9 Jan 2001 04:36:16 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 04:36:16 -0600 From: Tim To: "Russell L. Carter" Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a 2U RAID+sound server design Message-ID: <20010109043616.A3606@futuresouth.com> References: <20010109040213.391E670@pinyon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010109040213.391E670@pinyon.org>; from rcarter@pinyon.org on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:02:13PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Make sure the motherboard you buy support the riser card. I recently bought an Intel motherboard and the riser card (from Enlight's 2U case which I do not recommend) is at the spot where the AGP slot is. Too bad, it was a neat MB. Tim On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:02:13PM -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote: > > Greetings! > I am curious if there are any opinions on the following > headless server configuration: > > Case: http://www.amtrade.com/computer/2u_hot_swappable_industrial_case.htm > 3 PCI cards: sound, 3ware 6400, network. > serial console admin, only because that case has only three pci slots > on the riser, if I'm interpreting the diagrams right. > > I've got a lot of flexibility on cpus. > > Comments? Is there a better case for the 3ware cards? > What does it mean to have root on a raid? > > Thanks! > Russell > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message